Re: Exim4 won't send mail - what does this error message mean?
On 21 Oct 2003, David Jardine wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:55:13PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I'm getting serious trouble with exim4.
> >
> > A lot of mail, incoming and outgoing, just sits in /var/log/exim4/input
> > indefinitely. This includes even messages I email to myself.
> >
> > However, some things do go out (including this, if it reaches the list).
> >
> > The relevant lines in /var/log/messages/exim4/mainlog read as follows:
> >
> > 2003-10-21 14:47:02 1ABwqk-0000H3-Fu <= ac@acampbell.org.uk U=ac P=local
> > S=603 id=20031021134702.GA1049@acampbell.org.uk
> >
> >
> > 2003-10-21 14:47:02 1ABwqk-0000H3-Fu == ac@acampbell.org.uk
> > R=userforward defer (-1): bad mode (0100664) for /home/ac/.forward: 020
> > bit(s) unexpected
>
> Have you tried changing permissions on your .forward file?
See my earlier reply; yes, this was the answer.
AC
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